Get a single watch
AI agents call get_watch to retrieve information from Mcp Watched without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves information about a single watch configuration from the change detection service. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed—it only queries and returns existing watch data. This is a low-severity read operation with minimal blast radius if misused.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_watch' and description 'Get a single watch' indicate retrieval of data without modification. This follows the 'get' pattern which is a pure read operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a single watch. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Watched MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Watched MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_watch: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Watched. Nothing to install.
get_watch is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_watch rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_watch. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_watch is provided by the Mcp Watched MCP server (ng-pr0ject/mcp-watched). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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